The Canterbury Tales — Bloomsbury Publishing
Issue: #1
Accompany a band of merry medieval pilgrims as they make their way-on motorcycles, of course-to Canterbury. Meeting at the Tabard Inn, the travelers, including a battle-worn knight, a sweetly pretentious prioress, the bawdy Wife of Bath, and an emaciated scholar-clerk, come up with a plan to pass time on the journey to Thomas à Becket's shrine by telling stories. The twenty-four tales, which range...
First appearances: Wife of Bath, The Pardoner
Creators: Geoffrey Chaucer, Seymour Chwast
Characters: King Arthur, Jacob, Solomon, Death, Xanthippe, Socrates, Wife of Bath, Abraham, Queen Guinevere, The Pardoner, Cerberus, Eve, Samson, Adam, Delilah